'I hope Roy will remember me now' - Edwards

Rob Edwards has joked that he hopes Crystal Palace boss Roy Hodgson now knows him as he prepares to face on Saturday the man who he replaced as Watford manager at the start of the 2022-23 season.

Hodgson said at the time he had not yet met and "would not recognise" Edwards, who was sacked in September 2022 before guiding Luton to promotion to the Premier League.

"We've met since - hopefully he'd remember me now!" Edwards said on the eve of welcoming Hodgson to Kenilworth Road.

"I'd be the same thinking 'who's this guy from League Two who has come in and taken over?'. It was a little bit of a whirlwind situation and it didn't last too long either.

"I've got lot of respect for Roy. He's had, and is having, an unbelievable football career. He's at the top of the game still. I don't want to be doing it at his age - I don't know how he's still doing it to be honest.

"I've got a lot of time and respect for him but it's going to be a really tough game tomorrow. His teams are always really organised and he's done a fantastic job back there [at Palace] again."